I have to agree that the trailmaster and recon scout do represent "a good solid knife at a good value."
and I would rely on them, but if I had to carry ONE knife in the field, it would be a scrapyard.

but as others said, it's very rare to find you're self in that situation.
and it also seems you go well prepared.
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I do disagree that the only thing a 10 inch knife can do is chop.
in fact I just happen to think the exact opposite.
with a good 10" fixed blade with a razor sharp edge and the right way of holding/using the knife you can do everything you can with a smaller blade (not as easily though) AND MORE!
you can also chop and pry and clear.

the way I see it, you are WAYYYYYYYY more limited with a small blade than a big one, seeing how you can only do things like cleaning game, notching, and stripping bark.
I'm not saying those things aren't important, but if you only had ONE knife, amd were pretty desperate, I think those would be a little less important than chopping wood and splitting it for dry firewood, and chopping branches for shelters.
and you can also do they fine whittling and whatnot.
so, I personally see that a larger knife CAN be ALOT more usefull, when its all you've got.
but you normally seem prepared so idk why that situation would occur.

BTW, I'm not arguing here, I was just throwing out my different opinion you know?
it's great to have you here and I look forward to more of your posts, great input, and ideas and thoughts.

once again, welcome to the yard.
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